measures 
Scripture Measures of Length, reduced to English. 
121 
Digit 
4 
Palm 
12 
3 |Span 
24 
6 | 2 
96 
24 j 8 
144 
36 12 
192 
48 j 16 
1920 
480 ' 160 
Cubit * 
Fathom 
14 Ezechiel’s reed 
-I 
2 | 1|- I Arabian pole 
80!20 1 13 § f 10 gchcenus, or measuring line 
Eng. 
feet. 
0 
0 
0 
1 
10 
14 
145 
r 0 Dec. 
0.912 
S.64S 
10.944 
9.888 
3.552 
11.328 
7.104 
11.04 
The Longer Scripture-Measures. 
English 
Cubit - 
400 Stadium 
Sab. day’s journey 
2 I Eastern mile 
3 Parasano: 
2000 
4000 
10 
12000| 30 
96000! 240 148 
miles, paces, feet. 
0 0 1.824 
0 145 4.6 
0 729 3.000 
1 403 1.000 
4 153 3.000 
24 I 8 A day’s journey 33 172 4.000 
Grecian Measures of Length, reduced to English. 
English 
Paces, feet. dec. 
4 Doro-n, 
dochme 
- 
- 
- 
- 
. 
0 
0 
1 6 
3.0218 £ 
lo 
Lichas 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
0 
0 
7.5546 | 
11 
<?A 
1_J_ 
1 O 
Orthodoron 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
0 
0 
8.3 101 JL 
1 i 
9.0656 } 
12 
3 
1 X 
5 
1JL. 
1 1 
Spithame 
- 
- 
- 
0 
0 
16 
4 
1JL 
1 0 
l_s_ 
1 1 
4 
Foot 
- 
- 
- 
0 
1 
0.0875 
IS 
1 ± 
5 
1 1 
14 
H 
Cubit 
- 
0 
1 
1.5984 J 
20 
’ 5 
2 
IJL 
1 1 
if 
H 
IX 
Pygon 
- 
Q 
1 
3.109 £ 
24 
6 
2 2 
5 
2 2 
1 1 
2 
H 
H 
- IX 
5 
[Cubit larger 
0 
1 
6. 13125 
96 
24 
9 3. 
5 
8JL 
1 1 
8 
6 
5f 
4X 
4 
Pace 
0 
6 
0.525 
9600.' )fl 2400 
960 
872 JL 
1 1 
800 
600 
5334 
480 
400 
lOOj Furlong 
800|lTlMile 
100 
4 
4.5 
7‘--=O0 
19200 . 
7680 
6981JL 
1 1 
6400 
4S00 
42 66| 
3840 
3200 
0 
CO 
5 
0 
Roman Measures of Length, reduced to English. 
English 
Paces, feet. dec. 
Digitus transversus - - - - - - . 0 0 0.725^ 
Uncia 
‘ . - - - * - 0 0 0.967 
4 
3 
Palmus minor - - - - * 0 0 2.901 
16 
12 
4 
Pes 
* ‘ - " - - - 0 0 11.604 
20 
15 
5 
H 
Palmipes - 0 1 2.505 
24 
18 
6 
H 
IX 
5 
Cubiti 
’* r “ - 0 1 5.406 
Gradus ... - 0 2 5 . 01 
40 
30 
10 
<2 1 
O 
!§- 
80 
60 
20 
5 
4 
3y 
2jPassus - - 0 4 10.02 
,10000 
7500 
2500 
625 
500 
416^ 
250 1 125 .Stadium - - - 1 20 4 4.5 
80000 60000 20000 
5000 
4000 3333f 
20004 000 j 8 iMilliare - - 957 0 0 
Yard. 
A TABLE 
Of the Measures of Length of the principal 
Places in Europe, compared with the English 
Eng. 
yard. 
125 
75 
76 
128-4 
624 
100 Aunes, or ells 6f England, equal to 
10O of Holland or Amsterdam 
100 of Brabant or Antwerp 
100 of France - i _ 
100 of Hamburgh, Fr^ac'ort, §tc. 
VoL. II. 
100 Aunes of Breslau - 
100 of Dantzick - 
100 of Bergen and Drontheim 
100 of Sweden or Stockholm 
100 of St. Gall, for linens 
100 of ditto, cloths 
100 of Geneva - - 
100 Canes of Marseilles and Montpelier 
100 of Toulouse & High Languedoc200 
100 of Genoa, of 9 palm* - 2454 
Q 1 
60 
66 | 
684 1 
65| 1 
! 
67 
1244 ! 
214 
9H 
123 
75 
784 
64 
581 
100 Canes ef Rome - 
100 Varas of Spain 
100 of Portugal 
100 Cavidos of Portugal 
102 Brasses of Venice 
lOO of Bergamo, &c. 
100 of Florence and Leghorn 
100 of Milan - " - 
N. B. The aunes or ells of Amsterdam, Haer- 
lem, Leyden, the Hague, Rotterdam, and other 
cities of Holland, as also that of Nuremberg, 
being all equal, are comprehended under that 
of Amsterdam ; as those of Osnaburg are under 
those of France ; and those of Bern and Basil 
are equal to those of Hamburg, Francfort, and 
Leipsic. 
For the subdivisions and multiples of each of 
these measures of length, see the article Aune. 
For the proportion of the feet of the principal 
nations in Europe, compared with the English 
foot, see the article Foot. 
Square, or Superficial Measures. English- 
square or superficial measures are raised from 
the yard of 36 inches multiplied into itself, and 
thus producing 1296 square inches in the square 
yard : the divisions of this are square feet and. 
inches ; and the multiples, poles, roods, and 
acres, as in the following table: 
English Square-Measure*.. 
Inches 
144 
Foot 
Yard’ 
1296 
9 
3600 
25 
2Z 
9 
Pace’ 
39204 
272i 
SOJ 
10.89 
435 . 6 
Pole 
1568160 
10890 
1210 
40 ! Root? 
6272640 
43560 
4840 
1743.6 
160 j 4 lAcre 
Roman Square-Measure reduced to English,, 
The integer Was the jugerum or acre, which 
the Romans divided like the libra or as : thus, 
the jugerum contained 
Square 
feet. 
f Scruples. 
English 
roods.. 
Square 
poles. 
Square 
feet. 
As 
28800 
218 
2 
18 
250.0.5 
DetmX 
26400 
264 
2 
10 
183.85 
Dextans 
24000 
240 
2 
2 
1 17.64 
Dodrans 
21600 
216 
. 1 
34 
51.42 
Bes 
19200 
192 
1 
25 
257.46 
Septunx 
16800 
168 
1 
17 
191.25 
Semis 
14400 
144 
1 
9 
125.03 
Quincunx 
12000 
120 * 
1 
1 
58.82 
1 riens 
9600 
96 
0 
32 
264.8 5 
Quadrans 
7200 
72 
0 
24 
198.64 
Sextans 
4800 
48 
0 
IS 
132.43 
Uncia 
2400 
24 
0 
8 
66.21 
Note. Actus major was 14400 square feet, 
equal to a semis : clima, 3600 square feet, equal 
to sescuncia ; and actus minimus equal to a sex- 
tans. 
Cubical Measures, or Measures of capacity f or 
liquids. The English measures were Originally 
raised from troy-weight; it being enacted by 
several statutes that eight pounds troy of wheat 
gathered from the middle of the ear, and well 
dried, should weigh a gallon of wine-measure, 
the divisions and multiples whereof were to 
form the other measures ; at the same time it 
was also ordered, that there should be but one 
liquid.measure in the kingdom : yet custom has 
prevailed, and there having been introduced a 
new weight, viz. the avoirdupois, we have now 
a second standard gallon adjusted thereto, and 
therefore exceeding the former in the propor- 
tion of the avoirdupois weight to troy w<*gbt. 
